Opened 14 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#25458 closed update

xfig-3.2.5 does not recognize special characters — at Version 2

Reported by: lawrence.ong@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version: 1.9.1
Keywords: Cc: ryandesign@…
Port: xfig

Description (last modified by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt))

When exporting to all three: PostScript, PDF and TeX, using File > Export > Combined PS/PDF/LaTeX, xfig incorrectly generates PostScript and PDF that included LaTeX-only (special) text

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Open a new figure in xfig, draw a circle.
  2. Select T (text) input on the left menu, on the bottom row click on Text Flags and select Special Flag to Special.
  3. Click somewhere in the circle and type $\pi$
  4. Save figure as toto.fig, then go to File > Export > Combined PS/PDF/LaTeX. The generated files toto_pspdftex.eps and toto_pspdftex.pdf should contain just the circle, but they also contain $\pi$. The third file: toto.pspdftex is correct.

This is a known problem and has been resolved. See bugs fixed for Patchlevel 5a: ​http://www.xfig.org/art17.html

But the version in MacPorts still has this problem.

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by lawrence.ong@…

Cc: lawrence.ong@… added

Cc Me!

comment:2 Changed 14 years ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Cc: ryandesign@… added; lawrence.ong@… removed
Description: modified (diff)

Remember to use WikiFormatting.

Note you don't need to Cc yourself.

Thank you for the reproduction recipe.

This ticket might be considered a duplicate of #22967.

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